Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Blackstone has purchased Brisbane-based Student One for more than A$500 million ($322 million), according to sources, marking the US private equity giant’s first student accommodation investment in Australia and in the broader Asia Pacific region.
The acquisition comprises three premium… Read More>>
Singapore-based Well Smart Investment Holdings is acquiring a Sydney hotel project from Chinese-owned developer ICD Property and local firm Belingbak with plans to repurpose the planned A$500 million ($323 million) hotel and residential tower as a hospitality-only development.
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Invictus Developments has acquired the former Bank of China Australian headquarters in Sydney for A$52.5 million ($34 million) with plans to convert the 15-storey tower into a luxury hotel as the Singapore-based investment firm assembles a portfolio of Aussie hospitality… Read More>>
Asian private equity major PAG has agreed to acquire buyout giant KKR’s controlling interest in Australian Venue Co, an operator of pubs, restaurants and event spaces, for an undisclosed amount.
AVC owns and operates a portfolio of more than 210… Read More>>
PAG has acquired an office tower in central Sydney for A$393.1 million ($257.8 million), with the Asian private equity major taking advantage of a downturn in the Aussie market to pick up the property at a discount.
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South Korea’s National Pension Service has sold its 50 percent stake in an industrial property portfolio of 20 assets in Sydney and Melbourne to Australian pension fund UniSuper for more than A$500 million ($338 million).
The portfolio of Dexus-developed properties,… Read More>>
Hong Kong-based developer Far East Consortium (FEC) is marketing a pair of newly built Ritz-Carlton hotels in Melbourne and Perth with a combined 462 luxury rooms, testing the strength of a rebound in sales of hospitality assets.
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After making the Lion City’s largest purchase of a single hotel earlier this week, Singapore’s Worldwide Hotels Group has followed up with an A$170 million ($112.8 million) buy of a high-rise hotel in downtown Melbourne from one of its compatriots.
ASX-listed Cromwell Property Group on Friday announced an agreement to merge its Cromwell Direct Property Fund with Australian Unity’s Diversified Property Fund to form a 15-asset portfolio valued at A$1.1 billion ($730 million).
The merger will result in unitholders in… Read More>>
ESR-Logos REIT is selling six industrial assets in Singapore and another logistics facility in Australia for a combined S$337 million ($250 million), allowing the SGX-listed trust to reduce its debt and lower gearing.
The REIT’s manager said on Friday that… Read More>>
